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Sport: Who delivers it?

Sport is provided through the Delivery System  which involves a vast number of people and organisations, all of whom have an important role to play. 

 

 

 

 These include:

• National partners such as the Department for Culture Media, Sport England and National Governing Bodies
• Regional partners such as Sport England, which is the organisation that develops, promotes and invests in community sport. It aims to increase the number of people from all backgrounds who are physically active and involved in sport
• County Sports Partnerships (CSPs), which are responsible for the strategic co-ordination of sports provision in their county area, they include a range of local agencies committed to high quality sports provision, such as Local Authorities.  Local government spends approximately 1 billion per year on sport and leisure - more than 50 per cent of the total resources available to sport. There are seven CSPs in the South East:
  -Berkshire Sport (www.berkshiresport.com)
  -Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes Sports Partnership (www.buckssport.org)
  -Kent Active Sports Partnership (www.kentsport.org)
  -Hampshire and Isle of Wight Sports Partnership (www.sporthampshireiow.co.uk) -Oxfordshire Sports Partnership (www.oxonactivesports.co.uk)
  -Active Surrey Sports Partnership (www.activesurrey.com)
  -Sussex County Sports Partnerships (www.sussexsport.org)
• Community Sports Networks
• The People Behind the People, which recognises the key role that people such coaches and volunteers play in helping people participate in sport
• People Taking Part, which recognises that it is crucial to focus on the beneficiaries of sports provision.  Currently 20 per cent of people tend are keen to stay in sport, 16 per cent are ґkeen, but could do more, 44 per cent could be persuaded to participate if sport was more accessible and attractive, and 20 per cent have a negative attitude to sport. 

www.sportengland.org/southeast_index.htm
Sport England South East is committed to creating opportunities for people to start in sport, stay in sport and succeed in sport in the South East Region. It promotes and invests in sport and is responsible for delivering the Government's sporting objectives.

It has four key roles:

• Making grants and offering financial support to a host of organisations via Lottery and Exchequer funding
• Acting as a statutory consultee on planning consultations affecting playing fields
• Offering expert advice on sports development, technical guidance on sports facilities, and professional advice on recreation and facility management
• Providing an advocacy role to ensure sport and physical activity is embedded in the policies of key regional and local institutions and organisations

For more information contact Hannah.oliver@sportengland.org

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